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    Ability to switch on/off VT-X, VT-D on Dell XPS 15 9530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Ulisse, Aug 21, 2014.

  1. Ulisse

    Ulisse Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,
    I'm going to buy the Dell XPS 15 and I was wondering if from the BIOS I can enable or disable these features VT-X and VT-D. Since I know some manifacturers block or hide these parameters in their products.

    Can anyone that has this computer assure me if there are or not? :)

    Thank you!

    P.S. I mean without modding of course ;)
     
    Ulisse, Aug 21, 2014
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  2. eldaras

    eldaras Newbie

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    Hi Ulisse,
    Did you find out if this is possible? I'm getting an XPS 15 soon and one of the main things I'm going to do is run VMWare, so this is a must for me.


    Thanks,
    e.
     
    eldaras, Dec 2, 2014
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  3. vayu64

    vayu64 Notebook Consultant

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    Virtualization can be enabled or disabled from the system BIOS. Since VT-d is closely related to VT (virtualization), I think it is automatically disabled if you disable virtualization from BIOS.

    Regards, :)

    Edit: https://software.intel.com/en-us/bl...tel-virtualization-technology-for-directed-io

    Hm.... That I did not know :D
     
    vayu64, Dec 6, 2014
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